I think we do have an interest in combating states that try to cross borders and steal parts of other people's country.

When I wake up in the middle of the night when I hear one of my kids coughing or crying, I think about Syria.

President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.

I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.

I like to think that as I get older I'm getting better at spending time with people who have qualities that make them worth spending time with.

Another longstanding foreign policy flaw is the degree to which special interests dictate the way in which the "national interest" as a whole is defined and pursued.... America's important historic relationship with Israel has often led foreign policy decision-makers to defer reflexively to Israeli security assessments, and to replicate Israeli tactics, which, as the war in Lebanon last summer demonstrated, can turn out to be counter-productive.

We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our best tool to prevent future atrocities.